The findings of the UK Comics Creators Research Report for 2025 have been published today and they make for sobering reading. The report, courtesy of the Comic Cultural Impact Collective,…
Since way back in 2012 we have been running this annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up at Broken Frontier, choosing a handful of comics we…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Can it really be an entire eight years since Hannah Berry’s last work in comics in the pages of the Broken Frontier Award-winning graphic novel Livestock?…
It’s back! The UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 has launched. Five years after the results of the first survey it’s time to make your voice heard again! UK COMICS CREATOR…
Comics responses to the Covid pandemic have been many and varied in their approaches to the crisis, as can be seen in our list of pandemic comics resources here. Today…
Published today, the results of the first UK Comics Creator Survey – originally announced by our esteemed Comics Laureate Hannah Berry back in April – make for fascinating if perhaps…
We’ve been aware for a while that current British Comics Laureate Hannah Berry was working on a UK Comics Creator Survey as an information-seeking exercise to continue to support and…
Over the weekend at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival the news broke that the third UK Comics Laureate will be Hannah Berry who takes over the role from Charlie Adlard…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST WRITER AWARD WINNER AND BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD NOMINEE! When 2017 Broken Frontier Award-winning creator Hannah Berry announced last year in an interview with our…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONE-SHOT NOMINEE! SelfMadeHero‘s 10th anniversary year in 2017 was packed full of high-profile releases that underlined the UK publisher’s always eclectic and dizzyingly diverse line-up….
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 14th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff have selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Way back in 1984 a new British weekly comic hit the newsagent shelves that, despite lasting just fifteen issues, would go on to attain major cult status. While…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
“Over 100 artists present positive political actions that anyone can take.” That’s the soundbite that beautifully embodies the Draw the Line project – an idea dreamt up by UK small…
Cetacean-based punnery, the inviting sights of London Fashion Week and pedalling camelopards were just some of the themes of the latest Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw night…
It’s nearly Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw time again as our popular collaborative event returns this month on September 20th. As ever, your co-hosts for the night are myself (Broken Frontier Editor-in-Chief…
In the aligned worlds of self-publishing and DIY culture there’s a fertile cross-pollination between zine-making and comics creating. This column has never been shy about covering work that straddles both…
“Our Work is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press with Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh SangtaniMay 18, 2026
“There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary OnlineMay 11, 2026
“It’s About Queerness, Family, Loyalty, Grief, and at its Core Love in All its Forms”- Bex Glendining on Debut Graphic Novel ‘On Starlit Shores’April 2, 2026
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
